AAA repair (cardio)
absence seizure
(sometimes pronounced with French intonation, "ab-sonse"
seizure)
acathisia/akathisia
acetabulum (ortho)
acidophilus
milk
acneiform/acneform
ACOG - American College of Obstetrics
& Gynecology
actinic
keratosis
adenotonsillectomy
adenovirus
adhesiolysis/adhesiolytic
Adson
maneuver
adventitious sounds (lungs)
aeration
air-bone gap
algologist - specialist in pain
management
"alk phos" - alkaline phosphatase
alkylating
therapy (lymphocytic leukemia)
allergic shiners (circles under
eyes due to allergies)
alveolar ridge
amaurosis
fugax
ameliorate
ampulla of Vater
anasarca
(edema)
androgen ablation
aneuploid (cell)
angiomas
(cherry)
anion gap
anisakiasis
ankle-arm
index
anovulatory
anserine bursitis
antalgic
gait
antecubital fossa
antiglomerular basement membrane
test
antimicrosomal antibodies
antiphospholipid
syndrome
Apgar score
aphthous
lesion
apophysis/apophysitis
appendix
testis
applanation
Archimedes' spiral
arcus
senilis
Arnold-Chiari malformation
arteriolar
narrowing
arteriosclerotic retinopathy
arthritide (pronounced
arthridity)
arthritides (pl. of
arthritis)
arthrokinematics
arylsulfatase
arytenoids
ascites
(tense)
Asherman syndrome
Ashman beats/phenomenon
(cardio)
asterisk sign
Athabascan
(nationality)
atlantoaxial (range of
motion)
atopy
attenuation
aural (ear)
Auralgan drops -
for ears
avulsion/evulsion
Azmacort™ (triamcinolone) [s/l
"asthma court," "asthmacort"]
azotemia
CABG (sounds like "cabbage" when
dictated)
café au lait spots (sounds like "cafay oh lay" when
dictated)
balanoposthitis
ball valve effect -
urinary
ballottable
ballottement test
"bands" - band cells,
immature neutrophils (related to WBC)
Barany [Bárány]
sign/symptom; test (caloric test)
bas-fond
fundus
basophilia
"basos" - basophils (related to
WBC)
Bayonet opposed midshaft
BCG Tice
strain
beam-hardening artifact (CT
scan)
beta-adrenergic
bifascicular
bile salt
metabolism
biliary stent
bioprosthesis
Biopty
gun
birefringent microscope
Bjerrum
scotomata
blebs
boutonniere deformity
BRAT diet (bananas,
rice, applesauce, toast)
branchial cleft cyst
bronchiolitis
obliterans
Brudzinski sign
bucket-handle meniscus
tear
buffered diluent
bulbocavernous reflex
burst and taper
of steroids
BUS (female genitalia)
buttress splint,
screw
calcium-channel
blocker
caliceal stone
capital femoral epiphysis
capitular
fluctuates
Castleman disease
catamenial
cauda
equina
Cawthorne exercises, maneuvers (for vertigo)
celiac
sprue
cerclage/cerclage wire
chamber platelet
count
chandelier sign (OB-GYN)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth
disease
cherry angioma
chevron incision/procedure
Childress
test
choanae
cholesteatoma
chromopertubation
claudication
clue
cell (OB-GYN)
COAG waveform desiccation
cobblestoning (ophth -
can also apply to GI tract)
Colles' fracture
compensated
CHF
cone biopsy
cor pulmonale (sounds like cor pulmonalay when
dictated)
coracoacromial ligament
CRAB diet (carrots, rice,
apples, and bananas)
crepitus/crepitations (joints and lungs
reference)
cricopharyngeal
cruciferous/cruciform
cul-de-sac
curvilinear
cushingoid
cut/blend
setting (GI - snare cautery)
cystitis cystica
Cytobrush
technique (OB-GYN)
de Quervain (disease, fracture,
thyroiditis)
deafferentation
debulking surgery
deep venous
thrombophlebitis
dehiscent
dermatochalasis
descensus
desquamated
diaphragmatic
pinchcock
diaphyseal
Dientamoeba fragilis
trophozoites
"diff" - differential (estimate of the percentage of
types of white blood cells in total WBC [white blood
count])
On dictation,
"CBC with diff" - CBC with
differential.
diphtheroids
disequilibrium
Dix-Hallpike [or
Hallpike-Dix] maneuver (for paroxysmal postional
nystagmus)
doll's gaze/doll's upward gaze
DOT physical
(Department of Transportation)
double-crush syndrome
(ortho)
dowager's hump
drop metastasis
DSHS form
(Department of Social and Health Services)
Dupuytren
contracture
dysconjugate
dysdiadochokinesia
dysgeusia
dyshidrotic
dyspareunia
(OB-GYN)
ectocervix
ectropion
effaced
efficacious
efflux
egophony
Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome
electrodesiccation
empty-can test (PT)
empty-sella
syndrome
en bloc (sounds like "on block" when
dictated)
encopresis
end-plate sclerosis
endemic
endosteal
"eos" - eosinophils (related to
WBC)
epididymides
epileptiform
"epis" - epithelial
cells
EPS exam (expressed prostatic secretions)
Eritrean
(Nationality - Greek)
eschar
escutcheon
EtOH (ethyl
alcohol, ethanol)
evanescent
Evitrean (Nationality -
African)
excrescence
exogenous
extrapyramidal
eyegrounds
facet joints
facies
fat pad impingement
syndrome
faucial pillars (pertains to throat)
fibrinogen
fifth disease
filiform
wart
Finkelstein maneuver
fontanelle
foramen ovale [s/l
"foramen o'valley" or "foramenal valley"]
four-pillow orthopnea
(can be any number other than four as well)
Fresnel
lens
fulguration
fundoplication
funduscopic
fusiform
(swelling)
gadolinium
galactorrhea
gastrocnemius
Gatorade (sports drink)
gauntlet
cast
genu varum
gibbous
gimping, gimpy-type gait
Gleason
score
glycosylated hemoglobin
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) -
pronounced ghee-lan bar-ray or ghee-yan
bah-ray
guttate (drop shaped)
gutter splint
Guyon
canal
gynecomastia
hairy cell leukemia
Hallpike-Dix [or
Dix-Hallpike] maneuver (for paroxysmal postional
nystagmus)
hamulus
Harrington rod
Hashimoto
thyroiditis
HCTZ - stands for hydrochlorothiazide
hebdomadal
period (weekly period of time)
Heberden nodes
Helicobacter
pylori [H.
pylori]
hematochezia
heparinization
hepatic
flexure
hepatitis core antibody
Hoffmann sign
Homans
sign
home O2 (oxygen) [s/l "homo 2,"
"homo-2"]
homonymous hemianopsia
hordeolum
host disease
(graft vs. host disease)
hot biopsy (GI)
HSGYV - heat, steam,
gum, yawn, Valsalva (things to do for plugged
ears)
Hyfrecator
hymenal
ring
hyperacusis
hyperechogenic/hyperechogenicity
hypersplenism
hyphae
iatrogenic
ileal loop urinary
diversion
impetigo
incremental
indices
induration
insufflation
intention tremor
interossei (plural of
interosseus)
intervertebral neural foramen
intractable nausea
and vomiting
introitus
ipecac
ischial
tuberosity
isoechoic
IV push
J point depression
Jamar
dynamometer
Jendrassik maneuver
Jobst stocking
K-wire (Kirschner wire) - 0.035, 0.045, 0.062
[inches, outside diameter] - (See United American
Medical, for example)
kappa light chain excretion
Kegel exercise
keloid
Kerley('s) [s/l "curly"] A,
B, or C lines
For P.J. Kerley, British radiologist; see
Dorland's, Stedman's, Tabers, and/or CMT for additional
information.
Kernig
sign
Kiesselbach syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome
L&I (Labor and Industries - refers to
Workers' Compensation claims)
labyrinthitis
Lachman
sign
lactated Ringer solution
lacunar infarct
latissimus dorsi
L-dopa (clinical name for levodopa
[USP])
lead-pipe
rigidity
leukocyte esterase
Lhermitte sign
lichen
planus
lichen sclerosus et
atrophicus
lichenification
Lichtenstein
maneuver
ligamentous rhomboid
limbus
Lisfranc
strain
Lister tubercle
logorrhea (talks too much)
loofah
pad
loupe magnification
loquacious
lumbar lordosis
Lyme
titer
Lyme disease
lymphedema
"lymphs" - lymphocytes
(related to WBC)
maceration
macular skin rash
Mallampati
score/classification (related to airway assessment; prediction of
difficult intubation)
Marcus Gunn
pupil
marsupialization
masseters
matricectomy
meatal
stenosis
medial collateral ligament
medicamentosa
rhinitis
meibomian
menarche (age when menstruation
starts)
meningioma
micturition
migraineur
(person who has migraines)
mirror
biopsy
mittelschmerz
mnemonic
monofilament
"monos" -
monocytes (related to WBC)
Monsel solution
morning-water
brash
mortise and callus
Morton neuroma
movie sign
(orthopedics)
Mumford procedure
Murphy sign
(abdomen)
musculotendinous
myelodysplastic
nadir count (chemotherapy)
nasogastric
decompression
navicular
nebulizer (asthma)
needle
aspiration
nephrotic range proteinuria
neural foramen (pl.
foramina)
neurapraxia
neutrophils - mature white
blood cells (see polymorphonuclear neutrophils ["polys,"
PMNs])
Nissen fundoplication
"nitro paste" or "nitropaste" -
jargon; nitroglycerin ointment
nitroglycerin
nonmotile
sperm
nonsecretory islet cell carcinoma
normal-pressure
hydrocephalus
normoactive (bowel
tones/sounds)
normocephalic/atraumatic (HEENT
exam)
normochromic, normocytic anemia
normotensive (blood
pressure)
NSAID (stands for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drug)
nuchal (neck muscles)
nuclear sclerosis
(ophth)
nucleated pulposus (ortho)
Nylen-Barany [Nylen-Bárány]
maneuver/test
obviate
odynophagia
olecranon
oligoclonal
band
OMT - osteopathic manipulation
therapy
onycholysis
opticokinetic
orbicularis
oculi
organophosphate
orthopnea
os naviculare
ossicle
osteal (bony)
osteochondritis
dissecans
osteophytes
ostial (pertains to ostium
[opening])
ostiomeatal
ostiomeatal complex (not
osteomeatal; see ostial); definition
oxalate
packed cells
palisading
palmomental reflex
Pancof® (s/l "pancough") - Pancof®
HC and Pancof®
XR search help: pan
cough
pancytopenia
papilledema
paraneoplastic
syndrome
parenteral gold
paronychia
parous os
(OB-GYN)
paroxysm
peau d'orange (sounds like "poh da ronge"
when dictated)
PEG tube
perfusion
perle [s/l "pearl"] - a
liquid-filled soft gelatin capsule; for example,
perimenopausal
pessary
phimosis
picogram
pie-crusting
compartmental release
pilonidal
piriformis
plafond
plate
thickness skin graft
ploidy
PMNs (polymorphonuclear
neutrophils ["polys"])
polymorphonuclear neutrophils ("polys,"
PMNs)
"polys" - polymorphonuclear neutrophils
(PMNs)
postherpetic neuralgia
presbycusis
protein
electrophoresis
proteinuria
prothrombin time (also partial
thromboplastin time)
protoporphyrin
pseudogout
pseudopelade
of Brocq (derm)
psoas sign
pterygoid [wing-shaped]; related to
region of the sphenoid bone
pterygoid nerve, muscle, plate,
process, canal, fissure, fossa, hamulus, lamina, notch,
plexus
pulmonary capillary wedge
pressure
purpuric
pyramidal
rabbiting (slang for person who constantly
twitches their nose due to a cold, allergic rhinitis, etc.)
Raji
cell assay
RAST test (allergy)
Raynaud
phenomenon
recalcitrant
renin-mediated
hypertension
reperfusing
respirophasic
restless leg syndrome
rhinitis
medicamentosa
Rockport shoes
Romberg sign
Rowasa
enema
rugated
saccades
salvage
chemotherapy
Samsoon-Young modified Mallampati classification for
airway assessment
scalene
scarlatina
sciatic
notch
scleral icterus
semiovale (This almost sounds like
Seminole valley when
dictated!)
sequelae
sequestration
seropositive rheumatoid
arthritis
sick sinus syndrome
sling and swathe - for shoulder
immobilization (photo)
small-branch
retinal vein occlusion
Spansule (trademarked dosage form;
sustained-release capsule)
Speed sign
spray and
stretch (hamstrings exercise)
sprue
Spurling
maneuver
squamocolumnar junction (OB-GYN)
squat fly
exercise
stained spun sediment
status
asthmaticus
steatorrhea
stocking distribution peripheral
neuropathy
straight-laced, high-top, leather orthopedic
shoes
subcapital fracture
subcarinal
subserosal
fibroid
subtalar
suction curettage
sugar-tong
splint
sustention tremor (a.k.a. postural tremor)
sweat chloride test (for cystic
fibrosis)
sympathectomy
syndesmosis
T-cell subset
Tagalog (Ethnicity - a
language)
tail of Spence
tandem Romberg
tangential
(psych)
tardive
tear lake
telangiectasis
tenaculum
tendinitis
tendinous
tenesmus
tense
ascites
tertiary
thallium stress test
thelarche
thenar
eminence
third spacing of fluids
tidal breathing
tinea
versicolor
Tinel sign
TNTC (too numerous to
count)
tonoclonic
tonus
(muscle)
torque
torticollis
transsphenoidal
trapezia
(plural of trapezium)
trapezius muscle (pl. trapezius muscles NOT
trapezia)
trigeminy
trigone
triradiate
cartilage
trismus
tubotympanics
tubulovillous
polyp
tussive syndrome
twig-vein occlusion
Tzanck
prep/preparation/test/cells (sounds like "zank" on
dictation)
umbo
uncinate
Unna
boot
upstrokes
urobilinogen
urolithiasis
uterosacral
ligament
valproic acid level (Depakote
level)
Valsalva maneuver
variegated
vasomotor
rhinitis
venous lake
vermilion border (red margin of
upper/lower lip)
vertiginous
vibrissae
villoglandular
violaceous
vitiligo
vitreous
detachment
volar
von Willebrand factor, disease
Waddell sign
water brash
wbc (white
blood cell)
WBC (white blood count)
Weber-Rinne
testing
Westergren sedimentation rate
white-coat hypertension
(elevation of BP due to visiting physician)
wire-guided
excisional biopsy
wolffian
wry neck
Xanax/Zantac - sound alike drugs: Xanax (anxiety), Zantac (stomach problems)
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